CVE-2026-12205
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2026-12205 is a critical-severity Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption (CWE-323) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 22th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-37016
Vulnerability Data
Crypt::DSA versions before 1.21 for Perl reused the nonce across signatures, leading to private-key recovery. Crypt::DSA::sign caches the per-signature nonce material in the Key object without ever clearing it. The first sign() on a Key object picks a nonce, and…
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every later sign() on that same object reuses it, producing an identical "r". Keys used to sign more than once with an affected version should be considered compromised.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V6.8.3V11.3.4
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover nonce reuse through static analysis, fuzzing, or known-answer tests.
Engineering principles include correct use of cryptographic primitives such as unique nonces per key.
Selecting and implementing appropriate cryptographic algorithms and modes reduces nonce-reuse exposure.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly prevent nonce/key reuse errors in cryptographic implementations.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mandates proper cryptographic key and nonce management, directly preventing nonce/key-pair reuse.
Secure-coding rules can require unique nonces, but the control is broader than this single weakness.
Security testing can detect nonce reuse, yet the control addresses many other issues beyond this CWE.